Specifications

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Chapter 4 Configuring Settings on the Cisco Unified IP Phone
Device Configuration Menu
Security Configuration Menu
The Security Configuration menu that you display from the Device Configuration menu displays settings
that relate to security for the phone.
Note The phone also has a Security Configuration menu that you access directly from the Settings menu. For
information about the security options on that menu, see Security Configuration Menu, page 4-27.
Table 4-17 describes the Security Configuration menu options.
Table 4-16 Ethernet Configuration Menu Option
Option Description To Change
Span to PC Port
(applies to 7911G
only)
Indicates whether the phone will forward packets transmitted
and received on the network port to the access port.
Enable this option if an application that requires monitoring
of the phone’s traffic is being run on the access port. These
applications include monitoring and recording applications
(common in call center environments) and network packet
capture tools that are used for diagnostic purposes.
From Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration, choose Device
> Phone > Phone Configuration.
Forwarding
Delay
(applies to 7911G
only)
Indicates whether the internal switch begins forwarding
packets between the PC port and switched port on the phone
when the phone becomes active.
• When forwarding delay is set to disabled, the internal
switch begins forwarding packets immediately.
• When forwarding delay is set to enabled, the internal
switch waits 8 seconds before forwarding packets
between the PC port and the switch port.
Default is disabled.
From Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration, choose Device
> Phone > Phone Configuration.
Table 4-17 Security Configuration Menu Options
Option Description To Change
PC Port Disabled
(applies to 7911G
only)
Indicates whether the access port on the phone is enabled
(No) or disabled (Yes).
From Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration, choose Device
> Phone > Phone Configuration.
GARP Enabled Indicates whether the phone learns MAC addresses from
Gratuitous ARP responses. Disabling the phone’s ability to
accept Gratuitous ARP will prevent applications that use this
mechanism to monitor and record voice streams from
working. If voice monitoring is not desired, set this option to
No (disabled).
From Cisco Unified Communications
Manager Administration, choose Device
> Phone > Phone Configuration.